Steam-radiator



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

W. H. PAGE.

STEAM RADIATOR.

[Patented Jan. 13, 1885.

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WILLIAM' I-I. PAGE, OF NORVICH, CONNECTICUT.

STEAM-RADIATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,714, dated January 13, 1885.

' Application filed February 23, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, in the county of N ew Loudon and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Radiators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, lsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to radiators for househeating; and the novelty consists in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and specitcally pointed out in the claims. Each radiator is complete, with two end sections of similar size and construction, and with as many intermediate sections as may be desired. Each section has a complete inclosing-base, so that each section has a separate steam-chamber; but the adjacent walls have passages which connect as many of these chambers as desired throughout the series, and through these walls the bolts which secure the sections together pass.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a side elevation of one of the intermediate sections. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the intermediate section shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the liner xof Fig. l. Fig. 4t is asimilar horizontal section on the line y g/ of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a top plan View of a three-section radiator complete. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section on the line z z of the radiator shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a transverse section showing one of the intermediate sections in its relation to the fresh-air ue in the floor, and the means for admitting the air to the radiator either from the apartment through the base or from without.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures, A designates the base, having inclos'- ing walls a upon every side to make separate steam-chambers in each section. Each section has a steam-pipe, B, so arranged that the ends will register when the several sections are put together for service, and the two end sections have steam-connectionswith a steamgenerator, as seen at b. Within the base A of each section is formed a steam-chamber, C, the bottom, c, of which isinclined to carry oft' the water of condensation, and these chambers C are connected by passages 0' through theadj acent walls a', to make a general steamchamber, which is divided by a removable partition, x, into two chambers of unequal area. This partition x is of such thin material as not to interfere with the joints orn the pipe B; or proper packing-rings may be used at such joints to compensate for the space occupied by such partition.

D designates the air pipes or cylinders,which pass through the bottom c of the chambers C, and are open at both ends, the airbeing admitted under the base and passing upward.

These air-pipes are corrugated longitudinally, as seen in Figs. 2, 3, and et, and are surrounded by the steam-pipes E, as shown. The steampipes E are secured to or form a part of the base to make a steam-tight joint, and connect with the steam-chamber C in each base-section. Valves f connect the steam-pipe B of each end section with the steam-chamber C above, and steam-openings c in the several adjacent walls connect two or more of these steam-chambers Ctogether. As shownin Fig. 6, two of the sections are in communication with the valvef upon the right, and only one section with the other valve-opening, the connecting ports c/ being closed by a plate, x, (shown in dotted lines,) to shut off communition. By this means steam may be admitted to only one section where a slight elevation of thetemperature is required, to two sections by opening the other valve', to all the sections by opening both valves, and entirely cut off by closing both valves, according as the temperature desired may suggest. Steam-connections H connect the steam-chambers around the airpipes in the same manner, and the upper portion of the air-pipes is covered by an. openwork plate, to allow the heated air to flow freely into the apartment. The air may be admitted from without the apartment through doors I,whicl1 are hinged at t', and which close down over an opening, J, in the floor.

If it is de- IOO sired to admit fresh air into the apartment, the doors I are opened by means ot' a rod, t', which passes through the base, and when thus open the doors close the air-inlets fr of the base, and only the fresh air passes through the pipes. Yhen the doors I are closed, the air that is already in the apartment passes in through base openings@2 and is reh eated.

I am aware that steam-radiators have been divided into chambers of unequal size, and provisions made for the supply of steam to either or bot-h chambers thus formed, andy also that a longitudinal pipe similar in some respects to my closed pipe B has been used in radiators; but in neither construction mentioned were the radiators made in sections, nor were the other features of construction and adaptation similar.

In other applications filed by me and bean ing Serial Nos. 124, 07a'L and 124,078, filed March 13, 1884, I show a sectional radiator having the combined steam-chamber divided, and having a steam passage corresponding to the pipe B in this ease; but those features are not claimed in those cases.

What VI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is`

I. A steam-radiator made in sections secured together, each sectioubeing constructed substantially as described, the steam-sections of the combined sections being divided into two chambers or compartments of unequal size,

and means for admitting steam into either or both of said chambers at will, as herein set forth. l

2. A steam-radiator made in sections secured together, each section constructed substantially as described, and having its steam chamber divided by apartition into two chambers of unequal area, and means for admitting steam into either vor both of said chambers, or causing it to iiow continuously through the lower end of the radiator from and to the generator without entering the steam-chamber, as set forth.

3. In a sectional steam-radiator, the combination of a series of sections, each having a steam'chamber in its base, with apertures through its walls registering with similar apertures in the adjoining section, and a removable plate adapted to be placed between any two of the sections to out off communication at that point and divide the radiator into separate steam-chambers, the whole being bolted together, as set forth.

4. A steam-radiator composed of sections, each of which is provided with a steam-chamber in its base, with apertures through the walls of the same adapted to register with those ot" the adjoining sections, and also provided with a closed tube traversing the steamchamber, and arranged so that those of adjacent sections meet and form a closed tube when the radiator is bolted together, in the manner set forth.

5. .A steanrradiator composed of sections, each having a steam-chamber in its base, with apertures through its walls registering with those of the adjoining section, a tube-section in each section so arranged that when the sections are bolted together they will meet and form a closed tube common to all, aremovable plate, as x, adapted to be placed between any two adjacent sections and to divide the steamchambers, apertures between the closed tubes and each of the steam-chambers thus divided, and valves for controlling such apertures, all arranged, combined, and operating as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I attlX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NVILLIAM I-I. PAGE.

Vitnesses:

Lucius BROWN, Gno. C. Gerer-runt.` 

